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Florida's GOP strongholds buck DeSantis on virus mask mandate measures

Thu, 2021-09-02 11:34 — mike kraft

Florida's GOP strongholds buck DeSantis on virus measures MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing resistance from a growing number of Republican-leaning counties over his handling of the recent surge in COVID-19 infections, in a rare Max Greenwood TheHill

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Another Long Haul Covid Risk: Lingering Kidney Problems

Thu, 2021-09-02 10:46 — mike kraft

Since the beginning of the pandemic, doctors have found that people who become very ill with Covid-19 often experience kidney problems, not just the lung impairments that are the hallmark of the illness.

Now, a large study suggests that kidney issues can last for months after patients recover from the initial infection, and may lead to a serious lifelong reduction of kidney function in some patients.

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Analysis: Science Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future

Thu, 2021-09-02 10:33 — mike kraft

Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future Many people with long COVID feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse.   Ed Yong The Atlantic

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Analysis: How Covid data gaps in states allowed Delta to proliferate

Thu, 2021-09-02 10:19 — mike kraft

How Covid data gaps allowed Delta to proliferate Eighteen months into the pandemic, Louisiana and more than 20 other states are still trying to fill key gaps in data while fighting the most aggressive version yet of the virus. Erin Banco POLITICO

When new Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations began soaring in Louisiana in July, state health officials were struggling with data gaps that blinded them to the full threat of the Delta variant.

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Mask tracker: State mask mandates are trickling back in some states

Thu, 2021-09-02 09:58 — mike kraft

Map: State mask mandates are trickling back After a rollback of mask mandates, some states, such as Louisiana, have reimplemented them, while others, such as Washington, have increased their reach. NBC News

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Americans about equally split on whether vaccination and/or mask manadates would make them more likely to dine in restaurants

Wed, 2021-09-01 19:53 — mike kraft

1 in 3 Americans says a COVID-19 vaccine mandate would deter them from dining in a restaurant But the same proportion said a vaccine mandate would actually make them more likely to eat out, according to a National Restaurant Association survey. Grace Dean YahooNews

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Vaccinations: U.S vaccination rate has risen by 17 % since FDA gave full approval to Phizer vaccine

Wed, 2021-09-01 13:08 — mike kraft

First vaccination doses up 17 percent since Pfizer approval: analysis The number of Americans who have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine has risen by 17 percent since Pfizer's was granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week, Joseph Choi TheHill

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VAccine Resistance Part II: Analysis of the organized anti-Vaccine momvement

Wed, 2021-09-01 12:53 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus began pushing the nation into lockdown in March 2020, Joshua Coleman, an anti-vaccine campaigner who organizes anti-vaccine rallies, went on Facebook Live to give his followers a rallying speech. He laid out what he thought the pandemic really was: an opportunity.

“This is the one time in human history where every single human being across this country, possibly across the planet, but especially in this country, are all going to have an interest in vaccination and vaccines,” he said. “So it’s time for us to educate.”

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